Jesus does not want you to be hit men, Pope Francis tells Mexican youth

February 17, 2016 10:22 AM

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(Pope Francis gestures while wearing a Mariachi hat given to him by someone in the crowd on Zocalo Square in Mexico City. REUTERS/Mexico Presidency)

Saying Jesus would never ask them to be “hit men”, Pope Francis begged young people in Mexico’s gang-infested heartland on Tuesday to shun the lure of easy money and big cars offered by drug traffickers.